Mart prices, October 28

Limousin heifers: 228.5p, 224.5p & 220.5p (x2) Corneyside. South Devon heifers: £1346.53 The Deans. Limousin heifers: £1296.54, £1265.89, £1232.51 & £1168.65 Corneyside. Simmental heifers:£1157.63 & £1111.11 High Fotherley.

OTM. An increased entry of cows sold to a sharper trade on the week with feeding cows in demand.

Angus: 159.5p Colwell Demesne, 122.5p High Fotherley, 120.5p The Raw. South Devon: 130.5p & 125.5p The Deans. Limousin: 125.5p Halton Red House, 123.5p Chesters, 122.5p The Deans. Beef Shorthorn: 123.5p Pry Hill. British Blue: 119.5p Pry Hill, 118.5p Low Eshells. South Devon: £1081.33, £1012.68, £957.03, £922.76, £903.60 & £888.75 The Deans. Angus: £949.03 Colwell Demesne, £890.50 The Raw, £877.10 High Fotherley. Angus (Bull): £940.50 The Raw. Limousin: £903.60 Halton Red House, £884.26 Chesters, £827.51 Woodcroft, £807.28 The Deans. Beef Shorthorn: £894.14 Pry Hill. British Blue: £856.76 Low Eshells. Simmental: £824.67 High Fotherley. Blonde: £803.79 The Deans

Prime lambs. Fewer numbers forward due to the wet weather conditions and standstills. Trade dearer on the week by 11p average weight 45.2kg. Good clean dry lambs in demand. Top price per head £86 for Texel x from S. Urwin, Matfen High House. Top price per kilo 212.5p for Dutch Texels from B.A. & A.M. Storrow, Willimoteswick.

Texel x: £86 Matfen High House, £85.50 East House, Old Town & West Shields, £85 Loadman, £84.50 Nilston Rigg, £84 East House & Lingey Field, £83.50 Nilston Rigg (x2) & Willimoteswick, £83 Low Eshells, £82.50 Glendale, £82 Loadman & Lingey Field, £81.60 Low Eshells, £81.50 Nilston Rigg, £81 Grange House & Old Town, £80.50 Middle Farm, £80 Willimoteswick, Matfen High House, Loadman, Burntongues, Little Swinburne, Town Farm, Milbourne & Baal Hill, 208.6p Nilston Rigg, 204.9p East House, 196.5p Nilston Rigg, 194.9p Middle Farm, 192.5p St Oswalds, 191.5p Little Swinburne, 190.2p Burntongues, 190p Lynup Hill, 187.8p St Oswalds, 187.3p East House (x2), 187.2p Middle Farm, 186.3p Fell Lane, 184.9p Burntongues & Lingey Field, 184.6p Burntongues, 184.5p St Oswalds, 182.9p St Oswalds & Houtley, 181.8p Willimoteswick, 181.7p Holly Hill West, 180.5p Burntongues, 180p Lynup Hill. Dutch Texel x: £85 & £80 Willimoteswick, 212.5p & 181.8p Willimoteswick. Suffolk x: £85 Sillywrea (x2), £84.50 Black Hedley, £83.50 Old Town, £83 Baal Hill, £82.50 Low Eshells, £81.50 West Shields, £81 Nilston Rigg, £80.50 Lowes Fell, £79.50 Nilston Rigg, £79 Old Town, £78 Lowes Fell & Town Farm Milbourne, £77.80 & £77 Low Eshells, £76.20 Black Hedley, £75 Fairley, East House & Middle Heads, 192.1p & 173.2p Black Hedley, 169.3p Colepike, 168.4p Lodge Farm, 168.2p Lowes Fell, 168.1p Old Town, 167p Haggwood, 166p Lowes Fell, 164.4p Colepike, 163.8p Low Eshells, 163.3p Fairley, 163p West Shields. Charollais x: £68 & 174.4p Newlands Hall. Beltex x: £85 & £81 Little Swinburne, £77 Grange House, 207.3p & 192.9p Little Swinburne, 192.5p Grange House. Mule: £77 Nilston Rigg & Hole Farm, £74 Hole Farm, £70 The Stobbs, £68 Hole Farm, £64 White House Birtley, 162.8p The Stobbs, 156.1p White House Birtley, 154.2p & 151.1p Hole Farm. Cheviot x: £71 & 165.1p Bingfield Combe. Blackface: £64 & 160p White House Birtley.

Cast ewes and rams. Texel x: £80 (x2) & £76 Lingey Field, £68 Middle Heads, £65 (x2), £56 (x2) & £50 Salmonswell, £44 Hawksteel. Suffolk x: £50 Middle Heads. Wensleydale: £54, £52 & £45 Hole House. Mule: £49 Salmonswell, £41 Middle Heads.

ON Friday, Hexham & Northern Marts held their third special sale of store cattle and suckled calves and offered for sale a good catalogued entry of 621 head. The sale was topped by a premier Charolais cross bred steer at 16 months from James Herdman, Edlingham Newtown, Alnwick which saw animated bidding round the full ringside to settle at £1365 to Declan Foley. This was one of a fantastic run of twenty two steers brought south from the north Northumberland parish as part of the annual consignment from Mr Herdman which averaged a hefty £1192 and found new homes in Northumberland, Yorkshire, Durham & Derbyshire. Stuart Buchannan brought forward the second draw from the herd of his employers Messrs Watmore at Holystone Estate and these well-bred and sizeable Angus cross bullocks peaked at £1355 with the run of 19 averaging the same £1192 figure as the aforementioned Charolais cattle surely proving that Hexham is the leading centre for the sale of both continental and native breed store cattle in the North of England. Testament to the quality of these Angus steers the entire run were purchased by only two regular and respected purchasers of Hexham cattle and noted Angus finishers; John Dodd, Saugh House and Les Oliver, Haswell Moor.

Leading prices. Cattle 23-30 months. Limousin x steers: £1095 & £1055 Brackenthwaite, £1000 Wingates. Limousin x heifers: £1190 Hallington New Houses. British Blue x steers: £1105 Pelton House. Simmental x steers: £1200 Pelton House. Angus x steers: £1260 Lambshield. Angus x heifers: £1140 Hallington New Houses.

Cattle 17-22 months. Charolais x steers: £1320, £1280, £1170 & £1140 Edlingham Newtown, £1140, £1095, £1090, £1080 & £1060 Thrunton Lowfield. Charolais x heifers: £1125 The Granary, £1120 Low Staples, £1105 Errington Red House, £1100 Low Staples, £1080 Errington Red House, £1040 Comb Hills, £1005 & £990n Errington Red House. Limousin x steers: £1280 Steel Hall, £1260 Blackburn & Little Harle, £1250 Blackburn, £1240 Lee Hall, £1235 Little Harle, £1220 Blackburn, £1205 Little Harle, £1200 Blackburn, Lee Hall & Colwell Demesne £1170 Lee Hall & Colwell Demesne, £1160 Blackburn, £1150 Lee Hall, £1135 Thrunton Lowfield & Errington Red House, £1130 Lee Hall, £1120 Shilmoor (DLW), £1110 Little Harle, £1005 Pelton House, £1100 Wingates (x2). Limousin x heifers: £1300 Hallington New Houses & Lunns House, £1265, £1230, £1200 & £1170 Lunns House, £1155 Glendue, £1140 Hallington New Houses, £1110 Lunns House (x2), £1100 Homilton (x2) & Lunns House, £1085 Little Harle, £1080 Low Middleton & Little Harle, £1075 South Kirkheaton, £1070 Thornley Hall, £1065 Lunns House, £1060 Little Harle, £1055 South Kirkheaton, £1050 Low Middleton & Little Harle, £1045 South Kirkheaton. British Blue x steers: £1110 Pelton House. British Blue x heifers: £1180 Glendue. Simmental x steers: £1170 Thrunton Lowfield, £1150 Pelton House, £1110 Thrunton Lowfield, £1080 Pelton House, £1040 & £1020 Thrunton Lowfield. Simmental x heifers: £990 Dunley Dene. Angus x steers: £1355 & £1280 Holystone, £1280 Edlingham Newtown, £1190 Holystone & Lowfield, £1180 & £1160 (x2), £1145 Barrasford Green, £1140 Edlingham Newtown, £1115 & £1110 Holystone, £1095 Lowfield, £1045 Barrasford Green, £1040 Barrasford Green & Holystone. South Devon x steers: £935 Coalburns. South Devon x heifers: £1020 The Granary.

Cattle 11-16 months. Charolais steers: £1305 & £1160 Loadman. Charolais x steers: £1365, £1270, £1230, £1210 & £1200 Edlingham Newtown, £1175 Errington Red House, £1170, £1150, £1130 & £1090 Edlingham Newtown, £1080 & £995 Colwell Demesne. Charolais heifers: £1160 & £1060 Loadman. Charolais x heifers: £1145 Colwell Demesne, £1090 Thornley Hall, £1070 Low Staples, £1025 Colwell Demesne, £1020 Low Bishopton. Limousin x steers: £1160 Blackburn, £1150 Warksfield Head, £1125 Low Middleton, £1120 Lee Hall, £1115 Little Harle, £1110 Lee Hall, £1100 & £1085 Grindon Hill, £1080 Warksfield Head & Grindon Hill, £1070 Thornley Hall & Errington Red House, £1055 Steel Hall, £1045 Grindon Hill, £1030 Grindon Hill & Burmoor, £1025 Warksfield Head, £1020 White House Burnhope & Thornton Tower, £1005 West Biggens, £1000 Intake Frosterley. Limousin x heifers: £1065 Warksfield Head & Intake Frosterley, £1030 Pitland Hills, £1025 Warksfield Head, £1000 Ridsdale, £995 Intake Frosterley, £990 South Kirkheaton & Chesters, £980 Rawfoot. British Blue x steers: £1110, £1090 & £1080 West Biggens, £1070 & £1050 Warksfield Head, £970 West Biggens. British Blue x heifers: £900 & £850 Warksfield Head. Simmental x steers: £1225 Troughend (DW), £925 Collierley. Hereford x steers: £1090 & £1000 (x2) Lowfield. Devon steers: £900 Coalburns.

Cattle 10 months and under. Limousin x steers: £915 Grindon Hill. British Blue x steers: £1120 & £990 East Unthank. British Blue x heifers: £1020 East Unthank.

Store sheep. Cast ewes. Texel x: £94 Steeley Farm & Low Espley, £93 Amos Hill, £87 Steeley Farm, £85 Great Tosson, £82 Steeley Farm, £80 Low Espley, £77 Settlingstones, £76 Linacres, Nunwick & Daniel Farm, £75 Colepike, £74 Nunwick & Steeley Farm (x2), £73 Linacres & Nunwick. Suffolk x: £81 Steeley Farm, £79 Low Espley, £75 Rugley Walls, £70 High Knitsley, £67 Three Farms. Leicester: £77 Great Tosson, £74 & £64 Hotbank. Cheviot: £62 Burnbank. Mule: £66 Steeley Farm, £64 Beaumont House (x2) & Moss Kennels, £61 Settlingstones, £60 Sweethope & Low Stokoe, £59 Nunwick (x2), £58 East Butsfield & Bulls Hill, £57 Colepike & Lynnshield, £56 Armonside & Sweethope. Blackface: £90 Whiteside Birtley, £43 Featherwood, £41 Sweethope, £40 Hotbank & Low Stokoe. Swaledale: £69 Longshaws. Rough Fell: £53 & £40 Lynnshield. Crossbred: £75 Garden Cottage, £67 Great Tosson, £67 Garden Cottage, £66 High Knitsley, £60 West Chevington.

Store lambs. Texel x: £88 Bensons Fell, £85 Highford & Linacres (AW), £81 & £77 Garden Cottage, £76.50 Brieredge, £76 Highford, Rinnion Hills & Ridsdale, £75.50 Cornhills, £75 Settlingstones & Grange House, £74 Hepple Whitefield & Cornhills, £73.50 Demesne, £73 Rinnion Hills, £71 Demesne, Rinnion Hills & Brieredge, £70 Redburn & Grange House. Suffolk x: £70 Gallowhill & Settlingstones, £67 Whitechapel, £66 Garden Cottage, £64.50 Settlingstones. Beltex x: £79 Linacres (AW), £73 & £65 Palm Strothers. Leicester: £58 Brieredge. Cheviot x: £64 Lonbrough, £59 Linbrig, £57 Lynnshield, £54.50 Linbrig, £40 Lonbrough. Mule: £66 Gallowhill, £62.50 Chirdon, £59 Brieredge, £57 Palm Strothers, £56 Low Stokoe, £53 Hesleywell & The Ash, £52 The Sneep, Hesleywell & Brieredge, £50 East Plenmeller. Blackface: £48 Featherwood, £41 Bellshiel, £39.50 High Green & Ellfoot, £38 Hepple Whitefield. Swaledale: £23 Low Bleakhope. Crossbred: £50 Gunnerton Demesne.

ALSO on Friday, there was a sale of breeding sheep.

Blackface ewes, 1 crop: £92 Old Town. 2/3 year: £70 Old Town. 5yo: £75 Philhope, £50 Featherwood. 6yo: £64 Blueburn, £60 Townfoot Woodburn. Mix Age: £62 Greenleas.

Swaledale ewes. 5yo: £61 Buckshot, £60 Low Bleakhope. Mix Age: £52 Struthers. 5/6 year: £40 Toft House (SAR). UO: £39 Ouston.

Cheviot ewes and gimmers. Gimmers: £115 & £78 Shilmoor. 6yo: £55 Batailshiels. Blackface gimmers. £122 Toft House, £100 Toft House & Edlingham Demesne, £98b (x2) Townshields, £88 Edlingham Demesne, £80 Middle Moor, £76 Burnbank & Rookland.

Swaledale ewe lambs: £62 Ottercops, £52 East Plenmeller, £48 Buckshot. Texel gimmers: £115 The Hott. Texel x gimmers: £122 Tecket, £95 Ridsdale, £92 & £90 Struthers, £88 Ridsdale. Mule gimmers: £117 & £115 (x2) Hudspeth, £114 The Deans, £110 Whiskershiel, £108 Hudspeth, £102 Moss Kennels, £100 Flotterton & Newbiggin Hill, £98 Demesne. Suffolk gimmers: £130 East Cocklaw (x2), Flotterton (x2).

Mule and other ewes. Mule 1/2 crop: £72 Low Struthers. 3yo: £94 Whinnetley. 3 crop: £75 Parkside. 4 crop: £80 Coatyards, £72 Flotterton, £64 Parkside. 4yo: £72 Broadgates. 5 crop: £66 Coatyards. 5yo: £60 Toft House (SAR). UO: £59 Coatyards. Texel x 1/2 yo: £67 Low Struthers. 4yo: £81 Broadgates. 4 crop: £69 Ridsdale, £60 Pens Close. 5 crop: £76 Daniel Farm, £75 Linacres. 5/6 yo: £65 Lynup Hill. UO: £77 Lynup Hill, £74 Daniel Farm, £65 Lynup Hill. Suffolk x 1 crop: £76 Field Head Longhorsley. Lleyn: £70 Mount Huly. Jacob: £52 (x2) Pens Close.

Continental x ewe lambs. Texel x: £102 Tecket, £88 Half Acres, £78 & £76 Middle Dukesfield, £74 Lilswood Cottage, £73 Half Acres, £72 Tecket, £71 North Cocklake & Ridley Stokoe. Beltex x: £97 Linacres, £95 & £94 Black Callerton, £80 Linacres (x2) & Black Callerton. Zwartble: £80 (x2) Wallridge Cottages.

Mule ewe lambs. £101 Ingram, £100 Whiteside Haltwhistle, £96 Ingram (x2), £92 Pitland Hills & Hole Farm (x2)91 Pitland Hills, £88 Cranberry Brow & Redesmouth, £86 Clennell & Great Chesters (x2), £85 Hotbank, £83 Clennell, Quarry House (x2), Hole Farm, Ingram & Redesmouth, £82 Hole Farm, Struthers, Camphill & Edlingham Newtown, £81 Great Chesters, £80 Quarry House (x3), Cranberry Brow, East Plenmeller, Great Chesters, Hotbank & Stone House.

Zwartbles disposal: A Dixon, The Bungalow, Allensford. Ewes: £150, £120 & £98. Rams: £90 & £60.

LAST Thursday, Hexham & Northern Marts held their traditional ‘Bellingham’ prize show and sale of spring born suckler bred calves and offered for sale a superb entry of 1223 head. Prior to the sale the show was sponsored by Zoetis Animal Health, Carrs Billington, John Warren ABP & The Limousin Cattle Society and was expertly judged by Mr Bill Danson & Mr Jim Bailey on behalf of The Hind Quarter top quality butchers, Knott end on Sea, Poulton le Fylde, Lancashire.

A tremendous show of over 30 head of calves were put before the judges and from the initial group and individual classes Messrs Danson & Bailey put forward their first prize Limousin cross bred heifer as their Overall Champion. The red heifer was a first class example of cross bred genetics and a real credit to breeder and exhibitor Daniel Kemp, Keepwick Farm, Humshaugh, Hexham having been bred from a Blue cross cow and sired by a Willie Barron bred pedigree Limousin bull; Barrons Gizmo, 2011 born going back to Ampertaine Commander. The heifer looked every inch the champion as she entered the ring at 12 noon and was the subject of some intense and spirited bidding which saw her eventually go home with the judges changing hands for £1980; a handsome price for a six month old heifer calf.

True to type and with a definite leaning towards the best end of calves ideally suited to a butchers trade the judges awarded the reserve champion rosette to the second prize Limousin cross heifer from Messrs J Lee & Sons, Morley Hill, Whitfield. This one again with style and shape also attracted fierce interest and quickly rattled up to £1350 and was purchased by Messrs Gibson, High Etherley, Bishop Auckland.

With the show concluded, the sale began and buyer caution at the ringside that had been seen at other, earlier sales in the region was mirrored here also.

Leading prices. Cattle 10 months and under. Charolais x steers: £1000 Beacon Rigg, £980 & £950 (x2) Wydon, £940 The Raw, £920 Ridley Farm, £915 The Raw & Ridley Farm, £910 West Wharmley, £900 Colwell Demesne, Wydon, West Wharmley & Fram Hill, £890 The Raw, £880 West Wharmley (x2), £875 Beacon Rigg, £870 The Raw, Ridley Farm & Wydon, £865 The Raw, £860 Bridgeford & Wydon, £855 The Raw & Ridley Farm, £840 Whitshields, £830 The Raw, £825 Hedley West, The Raw & Beacon Rigg, £820 Wydon & Fram Hill, £805 The Raw. Charolais x heifers: £1060 & £940 West Wharmley, £930 Wydon, £910 Ridley Farm, £880 The Raw & Whitshields, £840 Ridley Farm, £820 West Wharmley, £815 & £800 West Wharmley, £790 Wydon, £775 The Raw & Ridley Farm, £770 The Raw (x2), £765 Wydon.

Limousin x steers: £1050 Harlow Bower, £990 Woodhall, £980 Shillafield, West Biggens, Willimoteswick & Keepwick, £975 Keepwick, £970 Willimoteswick & Longlea, £965 Bog Hall, £960 West Biggens & Woodhall, £950 Willimoteswick, Little Swinburne & Cleughfoot, £945 Colwell Demesne, £940 West Biggens, Harlow Bower & Cleughfoot, £935 Colwell Demesne & West Wharmley, £930 Keepwick, £925 Woodhall, £920 Harlow Bower & Woodhall, £915 Keepwick, £910 The Laws, Cleughfoot, Morley Hill & Nilston Rigg, £905 Little Swinburne & Hole Farm, £900 Little Swinburne, Hole Farm & Dene House, £895 The Laws, Cleughfoot & Morley Hill, £890 West Biggens, Willimoteswick (x2), Burnbank, Mains Rigg (x2), The Laws, Little Swinburne, Dyke Nook & Morley Hill, £885 Birtleyshield, £880 Mains Rigg, Bridgeford & Hole Farm (x2), £875 Colwell Demesne, £870 Keepwick, Hole Farm & Cleughfoot, £865 Little Swinburne, £860 Colwell Demesne, West Biggens (x2), Stone Stile, Allensgreen, Hole Farm, Cleughfoot, Elrington Hall & Nilston Rigg, £855 Morley Hill, £850 Glower-oer-Him, West Biggens & Woodhall, £840 Glower-oer-Him, Belsay Barns, Harlow Bower, Dene House & Nilston Rigg, £830 Dyke Nook, Dene House & Elrington Hall, £820 Harlow Bower, Allensgreen & West End Farm, £815 Bridgeford, £810 Ouston, Burnbank & Cottonshope. Limousin x heifers: £1980 Keepwick, £1350 Morley Hill, £1105 Little Swinburne, £1100 Bog Hall, £970 West Biggens, £955 Harlow Bower, £950 The Laws, Woodhall & Cleughfoot, £940 Harlow Bower & Hole Farm, £935 Morley Hill, £930 West Biggens, Little Swinburne & Cleughfoot, £925 Cleughfoot, £920 Harlow Bower (x2) & Edges Green, £910 Willimoteswick, The Laws & Woodhall, £905 Willimoteswick, £900 Cottonshope, £890 West Biggens, Keepwick & Edges Green, £885 Dene House, £880 Harlow Bower, £870 Keepwick & Edges Green, £860 Harlow Bower, Edges Green & Cleughfoot, £855 Cleughfoot, £850 The Laws & Dene House, £845 The Laws & Dene House, £840 Burnbank, £830 Glower-oer-Him, Harlo9w Bower, The Laws & Keepwick, £825 Little Swinburne & Hole Farm, £820 Colwell Demesne, £815 Harlow Bower, Burnbank & Keepwick, £805 Harlow Bower & Burnbank, £800 Dyke Nook & Dene House, £790 Keepwick, £785 Little Swinburne, Morley Hill (x2) & Longlea, £780 Dene House (x2).

Blonde x steers: £860 West Biggens.British Blue x steers: £1060 Homilton & Willimoteswick, £1005 Little Swinburne, £950 Willimoteswick, £940 The Laws, £930 Little Swinburne, £920 & £910 Willimoteswick, £860 The Laws, £850, £840 & £830 Willimoteswick, £800 Willimoteswick (x2) & Whitshields, £790 Woodhall, £785 Waite Farm, £780 Chirdon. British Blue x heifers: £1000 Chirdon & Little Swinburne, £970 Chirdon, £955 Little Swinburne, £880 & £860 Willimoteswick, £800 Little Swinburne, £760 Waite Farm. Simmental x steers: £885 & £825 Morley Hill, £740 Collierley. Angus x steers: £985 & £960 Yatesfield, £905 Shilmoor (JC), £900 Quickeningcote (DWW), £890 Shilmoor (JC) & Yatesfield, £870 & £855 The Raw, £800 Shilmoor (DLW), £780 Yatesfield, £775 Quickeningcote (JWR), £740 Fram Hill. Angus x heifers: £760 Shilmoor (JC), £740 Quickeningcote (JWR), £730 Shilmoor (DLW), £720 Shilmoor (JC). Beef Shorthorn steers: £930 & £860 Morrelhirst, £790 Morrelhirst (x2) & Yatesfield, £730 Morrelhirst, £710 Yatesfield.

Cattle 11-16 months. Limousin x heifers: £975 Quickeningcote (DWW).